Andrew albright



@met y tm @anni @time IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERING HARNESS TRIMMINGS WITH VULGANIZED RVUBBEE.;`

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONOERN: V A Be it known that I, ANDREW ALBRIGIIT, of Dryden, in the county of Tompkins, .and in the State4 of New` York, have invented a new and useful invention Afor Covering and Protecting .Harness undCarriage lll'etallie` Trmmings with a Coating of Hard or VulcanizedfCaoutchouc; and I do hereby declare that the following isn full, clear, and exact description thereof. reference boing hail'to the accompanying drawing, forming u part of this specification.

My invention consists in applying a coating of' vulcanized caoutchouc, or rubber, to metallictrilnmiugs for carriages and harness, so as to protect frein rust and iuipart an ornamental appearance. '.lhc metal portions oi' harness, such as snddletrecs, terretsbuckles, and the like, are extremely liable to injury from rust,.and` tarnish easily from exposure to'the stable vapors, even when made of silver, and any kind of japonning or val'- nishing is soon defuced or rubbed o'. These objections are overcome by my invention, which at the same time i thoroughly and durably protects the metal trimming, and imparts to it-a beautiful finish. l' l There are various modes in which the article may be coated with the rubber, but Ind that as good a'mode as any is to simply place the article to becoated in a suitable envelope or paste of' rubber, within a mould, and place `the mould in`the vnlcanato'r as long as the hardness to be imparted may require. 1

Figure 'lv shows a. buckle, A, surrounded with aooating of rubber, c, and enclosed in`a Hasi:` or mould, B. preparatory to being vulcanized. f

Figure 2 is a view of' a saddle-tree for harness. n

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire, to secure by Letters Patent, is'-` Providing nietallic trimmings `for" carriages and harness with a coating of vulcanized' caou'tcliohoLor hard rubber, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. I l i 4 l In testimony that I claim the above-described inventioniI have hereunto signed my name'this 23d day of January, 1867. I y

ANDREW ALBRIVGHT.

Witnesses:

T. G. CLAYTON, f, I V. '0. CLAYTON. Y 

